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Deloras Propst Research Paper

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John Barth, and acclaimed writer said, “Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story” (Hero/Heroism). To me that means everyone is a hero in one way or another. Volunteering is an example of being a hero. You could be helping disabled people by volunteering at Camp Courageous. Deloras Propst volunteers at the Camp Courageous Garage Sale here in Manchester Iowa. The garage sale raised $115,000 last year for the camp (Propst). This is one reason I count Deloras Propst as a hero. Deloras has been a volunteer at the Camp Courageous Garage Sale for a very long time; 19 years to be exact. She started volunteering in 1996 when her friend invited her to help out at the garage sale. She started out sorting things in the store and now she is the head of the board for the garage sale. (Propst). …show more content…

In “Manchester Garage Sale”, Camp Courageous says, “The Manchester Garage Sale, Camp Courageous’ largest fundraiser, is run by over 50 volunteers.” Deloras is in charge of those 50 people. Deloras affects those people by helping them learn about what it means to be a volunteer. They get to see the improvement of the camp as they raise money for it. Another reason is she enjoys volunteering. She loves to interact with her volunteers, many of them are very good friends of hers. She knows she can count on them from year to year. She also like to volunteer because it gives her a sense of purpose. If it wasn’t for the Garage Sale she would probably be in a nursing home. Without volunteers like Deloras and those that help her the camp for the handicapped would not be like it is today. A community that sees what its volunteers do can be an inspiration to others to give their time and talents to help others (Why Is Volunteering

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